Fiji Slaps Down Aussie Dr. Death's Death Clinic Proposal

I noted last week that Aussie Dr. Death Philip Nitschke had floated the idea of opening an assisted suicide/euthanasia clinic in Fiji. That idea has just been shot down by the Fiji government.

Fiji says No to suicide clinic

Australian euthanasia activist Dr Philip Nitschke seems to have jumped the gun by telling the media that the South Pacific island of Fiji was considering his plans for establishing a suicide clinic in the city of Nadi. He envisages a southern hemisphere version of Dignitas offering assisted suicide at budget prices. more

Aussie Dr. Death Looks To Fiji For Death Clinic

Aussie Dr. Death Philip Nitschke is getting impatient with the roadblocks to legal killing in Australia, so he’s come up with a different idea: A death clinic in a nearby country that Australians can visit.

Fiji eyes proposal for assisted suicide

THE Fijian government is considering a proposal to open a euthanasia clinic where seriously ill Australians and others could go to die.

Australian euthanasia advocate Dr Philip Nitschke has proposed a "hastened death service" in Nadi which would operate like the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland, where about 1000 foreigners have died since 1998. more